How To: Clean Up Incorrect Listings and Increase Your Rankings

If your Google listing is claimed and verified, but you still aren’t climbing the rankings like you had hoped you would, it may be duplicate or incorrect listings around the web that are holding you back. Cleaning up these listings … Continue reading

How Does the Google-Apple Deal Affect Local Business Owners?

According to a report titled, The Next Google is Google,” Google could end up paying Apple $1 billion to remain the default search engine on the iPhone. According to this article from TechCrunch, for every dollar of revenue Google makes … Continue reading

Google Improves Image Search

Google recently launched its new and improved image search. Prior to the new image search, the user would need to click on the photo’s thumbnail and redirect to the site where the image came from in order to see the … Continue reading

Facebook Launches a More Sophisticated Search Experience, Graph Search

Yesterday, Facebook introduced Graph Search, an upgrade to its search tool. Graph Search will search the entire social network in order to answer more refined questions, like “photos of people who live in my area,” or “people who like cycling … Continue reading

Google’s Site Takedowns Spiked in 2012, Expected to Keep Increasing in 2013

According to TorrentFreak.com, Google has removed over 50 million URLs from the search results in 2012. It was expected that the number would rise due to Google’s Pirate update in August 2012, which involves the removal of sites that have … Continue reading

Facebook Dives Into the Local Search Pool With the ‘Nearby’ App

Facebook’s recent update to its “Nearby” feature now gives it a competitive edge in the local search world for mobile. Prior to the update, Nearby was an app that showed you where your friends had checked-in. Now, the app not … Continue reading

Contractor Sues Client Over Negative Online Reviews

According to CBS News, a contractor in Virgina is suing one of his clients for posting negative reviews about his service on Internet review websites, Yelp and Angie’s List. Jane Perez hired contractor, Christopher Dietz, to do some work on … Continue reading